No More Church
(1/80, f8, iso-100, 10mm)
A remastered version of a photo I posted in color on November 21st of 2011. Because of the contrasts on this early morning in Villanueva de Jalon (60km southwest of Zaragoza, Spain) I opted for black and white while remastering.
Here‘s the original photo/post.
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I might have just fallen in love with you right in this photo. Man, I love your stuff.
Haha, thanks so much, Noelle, this was a very special place for me, spend lots of sunrises there…
You make me a happy photoblogger with your enthousiasm, lots of love to you too, Noelle.
Hugs, Ron
For some reason this photo really speaks to me. I just want to escape into this image, touch and feel the precious debris that’s laying on the ground, to try and hear what the broken pieces are saying.
Truly captivating.
Oh, very bad of me to be seeing and responding to this so late, Whitney, sorry for that, but thanks so much for your enthousiasm and interest; such an amazing place to be and exactly like you said it feels very special to be in a place where you can feel history and sotries pouring from every stone!
Feels like a world away having moved from Spain to Malaysia, but this photo makes me be there again for a little while…
Hope all is well, greetings, Ron.
Great tones, it’s almost like a charcoal drawing.
Thanks, Stevie, maybe I should try my hand on that to make it even more dramatic 😉
Greetings, Ron.
Where do you find these places? I like your post-apocalyptic photos… I hope you understand why I call them so!
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EXCELLENT cature and the B&W made this photo.
A shame it has the chemtrails in it. 😦
Thanks, Jerry, and in a way I would love to have it without the trails, TOO. But one thing you have to live with in Spain is those chemtrails and the electric wiring, here i thought I´ll use the trails for adding depth and strengthening the lines of the walls and roofbench and also the diffence between these old crumbling buildings and modern life going on…
Thanks for your feedback, greetings, Ron.
It is the same here in Texas Rondje. I get so upset when I see a great shot and I have to leave it un shot because of such photo polution…electric wires, chemtrails or some unwanted thing in the photo. However, I see your point and where the trails did ad a sense of depth. 😉 Still a beautiful B&W.
What a gripping photo this is – enhanced by the use of black and white only.
Thanks, someone, thought the B&W worked better when I remastered it too, but less distracting and more dramatic.
Mooi contrast tussen de oude ruïne en de vliegtuigstrepen.
Oeps, Wilma, sorry voor late reaktie, vond die strepen in de lucht ook leuk meewerken aan het lijnenspel en diepte 😉
Groet, Ron.
I really like this image .. very special
Thank you very much, Noel, thats great to hear, all the best, Ron.
Very dramatic 🙂
Great photo
Ai, thats not nice to be responding so nice; somehow missed it here, but very grateful nonetheless by your comment, thanks so much, Fern, hope all is well, greetz, Ron.
Me gustan esas fotos de lugares que ya no parecen servir para nada más que ser fotografiados…
Gracias y lo siento por responder muy tarde, saludos, Ron.
J’adore. un ciel ouvert sur la nature 😉
Amazing image.
Thanks very much, Burnett, and I´m very sorry for responding more than a year later, but still appreciate your enthousiasm, hope all is well,
Greetings, Ron.
Ah, the beauty of abandoned crumbling chrches.
Thanks, Laurence, sorry to be seeing this so late, but from an abandoned buildings and landscape enthousiast this is great to hear 😉
Greetings, Ron.
So great!
Oh, didnt even make it to answer in a year 😉
Sorry for that, nonetheless very big thanks for stopping by, hope all is great
Greetings, Ron.
Il n’est jamais trop tard… 🙂
Love the way you captured the view through the ceiling. Well done!
Thank you, Tina, Always nice to have a view through the ceiling, also handy when you need some extra natural light coming in 😉
Greetings, Ron
absolutely amazing! personally i don’t like white lines on the sky:) but this is not an objection to you of course.
Hi Mamjakty, i agree, but in some parts of Spain it´s pretty hard to find a place without and here I hoped it added to the desolate feel versus modern life flying overhead 😉
Thanks for your thoughts on this one and greetings, Ron.
How very lovely!
Thanks a lot, LadyFi, nice of you to comment here, greetings, Ron.
B&W Good Choice.
Thanks very much for your thought, Nick. Hope all is wel, Ron.
Personally I prefer the colour shot – but hey that’s subjective photography for you – they both work though
Thanks, Scott, well true, but I do learn a lot with all these different opinions about what people like most and with this one I think it´s not so obvious to decide on the two, but like you said, i dont have to 😉
Warm greetings from Spain, Ron.
I like this photo because it obviously looks like a real place, but it has an eerie, surreal quality to it, too. Wonderful work!
Thank you, Jammie, it´s very real but if I didn´t know it existed I would hardly believe it 😉
All the best, Ron.
Het is me helemaal duidelijk bij welke fotocategorie jou hart ligt Ron. Ik heb hier eventjes genoten van je prachtige werk
Dank je wel, Henk, ja? is het zo duidelijk? 😉
Bedankt voor het compliment en ja, denk dat naturbex ofzo wel een term zou zijn voor wat ik mooi vind…
Groet, Ron.
Muy Buena Fotografía, Un Gran B&N,… Me Gusta Mucho,… Un Saludo.
Muchas gracias, Jose. y saludos tambien, Ron.
Prefer the colour version, the b&w looks too bitty, too distracting? Interesting contrasts though.
Thanks, Liz, great to hear all the different views on this one, totally understand where you´re coming from 😉
Warm greetings from Spain, Ron.
Great. Love the jet-trails.
…and I much prefer the BW.
Thanks, John, glad you like it, had to do something with it as they were there 😉
Greetings, Ron.
The coloured one with the gentle light has much charm, but this BW one is downright striking and alludes to a violent, destructive past. Proficiat! Lou
Thanks a lot, Lou, very nice to hear your feedback on these ones; guess the b&w with contrast makes it more gritty and dramatic.
All the best to you and thanks again for your thoughts, Ron.
que maravilloso foto! the contrast and shadows are fantastic.
Muchas gracias, Heather! I think the long shadows from the (really) early sunlight just coming over the mountainrange which you see in the distance makes nice long shadows in b&w 😉
Saludos, Ron.
i like both versions. They both convey quite different emotions.
Gracias, Noeline, guess they are different experiences for a viewer, thanks for all the feedback and support, hope all is well, Ron.
I prefer the b/w in this case, Ron. The structure looks more ancient, there’s more depth, somehow, and greater mystery.
Thank you, Ashley. Think the drama of the B&W is a bit more Obvious, thanks for your feedback, very much appreciated, greetings, Ron.
Great photograph, the B&W is spectacular.
Thanks very much, Viv. All the best, Ron.
Oh, my goodness, this is truly amazing. Grabs my heart. Congratulations on such opportunity and skill.
Blessings……
Wow, thanks so much, Shirley, very nice to hear; I guess I´m most and for all very lucky to be able to go to these places at the right time 🙂
All the best to you too, ron.
I’m liking the b/w much better! Nice.
Thanks, Derrick, another one for the b&w, should be the drama 😉
greetings, Ron.
Ron, I think that colour photo is more beautiful. I prefer the soil colours… I don’t know if you understand me. However, this photo in BN it’s beautiful too. Greetings!
Muchas gracias, Juan, nice to see lots of different opinions; yours is very understandable too and means you took your time to look at them and then I think the colored version is more rewarding too. Thanks and I totally understand. Saludos, Ron.
Fabulous photograph Ron. Love it!
Thanks, Adrian, and also for asking me over at The Digital Lightroom (will come up with my 5 shortly), love your constant quality work.
All the best to you Ron.
simply stunning.
Thanks, Terry, good to hear you enjoyed this one, all the best, Ron.
Beautiful! Very beautiful!
Cheers, Christian, thanks a lot for stopping by. Saludos, Ron.
You’re very welcome! 🙂
The black and white is definitely more dramatic, but I do also like the color version. It’s like they each have a different version of the story. 🙂
Thank you, Shannon, seems more and me too think both are deserving life, which is great to hear 🙂
All the best and thanks for support, Greetz, Ron.
The black and white is quite haunting. The airplane trails really stand out – makes one think of the possibility that this church was bombed; but that’s just how I read it. The modern world and the ancient…
Beautiful!
Ahh, didnt see that bombing feel you mean now, should have been Obvious, after more research I found there has been some in the civil war, with the Guernica example being the worst. This one was ´luckily´ just abandoned because the walk up and down to the river which lies 50 meters below was too much for the villagers 🙂
Have a great week, Ron.
The colour version makes an attractive picture but I feel the colours distract me from the gritty message of devastation you convey in the B&W.
Thank you, Louis, thats exactly what is I think the main story of the photo, the intrigue about its past life, so thanks for saying that, greetings, Ron.
The imapct they have is so different it would be hard to choose a preference between them – I like them both but possibly edging towards the orignal colour version as the better of the two.
Yep, theres no reason to choose, cuz I have em both 😉
Maybe the b&w works well to get your first attention but once you take the time out, the color version maybe even has more to tell…
Hope all is well, all the best, Ron.
This is a very dramatic shot – and what a story there must be about the demise of the church!
I like the b&w white much better, as I think it conveys the drama better.
Thanks, Melinda, I think my thoughts were exactly those ot make it B&W, even more drama, although I like the soft sunlight on those old orangish walls, its not so dramatic! Greetz, Ron.
What a contrast between the two images…
Totally true 😉
You like the colored or b&w better?
Hmm…I was torn, actually…I do like the dark and shadows of the B&W, but also enjoy the rich earth tones of the first image….